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Albert supports Great Exhibition |
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c. 1849 |
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| Letter from Prince Albert in 1849, proposing the Great Exhibition National Archives, Kew
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Six million visitors to Great Exhibition |
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1851 |
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The ten yearly census is taken |
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c. 1851 |
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| Queen Victoria's census return at Buckingham Palace in 1851 National Archives, Kew Enlarge on linked site
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Great Expectations |
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1861 |
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Albert dies of typhoid |
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1861 |
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Dickens writes to the prime minister |
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c. 1862 |
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| Letter from Charles Dickens to Lord Palmerston in 1862 National Archives, Kew
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Jack the Ripper |
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1888 |
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1888 |
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| Letter and postcard signed by Jack the Ripper in 1888 National Archives, Kew
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Wilde has first stage hit |
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1892 |
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Importance of Being Earnest |
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1895 |
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Wilde loses to Queensberry |
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1895 |
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| The fatal card from Queensberry to Oscar Wilde in 1895 National Archives, Kew Enlarge on linked site
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Wilde gets two years' hard labour |
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1895 |
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Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys |
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c. 1908 |
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| Baden-Powell photographed with Scoutmasters in 1911 National Archives, Kew
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Wilfred Owen invalided home |
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1917 |
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| Record of the injuries of Wilfred Owen in 1917 National Archives, Kew Enlarge on linked site
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The Gold Rush |
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1925 |
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National Government in UK |
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1931 |
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Chaplin visits the prime minister |
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c. 1931 |
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| Charlie Chaplin with Ramsay MacDonald at Chequers in 1931 National Archives, Kew
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Hitler invades Poland |
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1939 |
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Britain and France declare war on Germany |
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1939 |
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Japanese attack Pearl Harbor |
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1941 |
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USA issues propaganda matches featuring Hitler |
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c. 1942 |
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| Hitler's face on matches National Archives, Kew
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Elizabeth II succeeds to British throne |
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1952 |
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Queen Elizabeth II visits the new Public Record Office site in Kew |
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c. 1978 |
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| Elizabeth II visiting the PRO in 1978 National Archives, Kew
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